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PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL MOORE, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND,

BUFFINGTON, OF SAME PLACE.

SLEEVE OR OTHER BUTTON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 254,035, dated February21, 1882. Application filed June 13, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

' Be it known that I, SAMUEL MOORE, of the city and county ofProvidence, and State of Rhode Island, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Sleeve and other Buttons; and I do hereby declare thatthe following specification, taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, forming a part of the same, is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof.

My invention relates to that class of buttons in which the shoe ispivoted to the post so spring is employed to retain said shoe in a planeparallel with the button-head after the button is applied, and also in aposition parallel, or nearlyso, with the post when the shoe is beinginserted or the button removed.

My improvement consists in pivoting the shoe upon one side of the post,locating and inclosing the spring in the button-head, and connectingsaid spring to the shoe by means of a link, and pivoting said link tothe shoe in or near a plane passing through the longitudinal axis of thepost, whereby the shoe is more securely retainedin position than inother buttons of this class.

Referring to the drawings, Figures 1 and 2 represent a sleeve-buttonembodying my improvement with the shoe in difterent positions,

and showing the tension-line of the spring upon the shoe. Fig. 3 shows ahorizontal section through the button-head. Fig. 4 represents the buttonin partial vertical section, the view being at right angles to those inFigs. 1 and 2; and Figs. 5 and 6 show details of the parts.

A is the button-head. B is the post. 0 is the shoe. D is the spring, andE is the link connecting the spring with the shoe.

The post B is rigidly secured to the lower or under plate, A, of thebutton head, which plate is provided with a perforation, a, to allowthelink E to pass into the head and connect with the spring, as shown inFigs. 3 and 4.

The spring D is bent in the arc of a circle, and is loosely mounted inthe button-head, between the upper and lower plates thereof, as shown inFig. 4:-

The link E passes around the spring, depends therefrom, as shown in Fig.5, and passes link, the said disk 0 is down through the post and intothe shoe, the post being provided with a groove, 1), Figs. 4 and 5, toaccommodate the link.

The shoe 0 is preferably composed of an outer shell, G, and two disks, 00 located therein. The disk G' is provided with recesses c, which, whenthe parts are combined, engage lugs or pivots b b,located upon one sideof the post B and a little below its end, and thereby hinge the shoe tothe post.

In order that the pivoted end of the post may be conveniently connectedwith the disk 0 and to allow of the movement of the link E when the shoeis turned, the said disk is cut away at c, as shown in Figs. 5 and 6,and to allow the link to pass through the disk 0 and to accommodate theproper movement of said provided with a slot, 0 The disks C O arepreferably punched from sheet metal in one piece, as shown in Fig. 6,and then, after the post has been connected with the disk 0 bent intothe form shown in Fig. 5, with the disk G underlying the disk 0 Thesedisks, however, may be separate pieces, if desired.

The link E is pivoted to the shoe by a pin, F, which bears upon theunder side of the disk 0 and en gages shoulders 0 thereon, the saidshoulders preventing any lateral movement of the lower end of the linkwith relation to said disk when the shoe is turned on the post.

As will be seen by an examination of Figs. 1 and 2, the line of tensionof the spring upon the shoe is such as to hold the shoe in therespective positions shown. In-turning the shoe from the position shownin Fig. lto that shown in Fig. 2 the tension of the springis increasedduring the first half of said movement. The liability of an accidentaldisplacement of the shoe from the position shown in Fig. 1, therefore,is materially reduced.

Although I prefer to employ the disk 0 yet the same may be dispensedwith and the pin F, be secured to the disk (J by solder, or be clampedthereto by the shell G. Instead, also, of providing the post B with thegroove 1), the said post may be bifurcated or made in two parts, each ofwhich shall be supplied with a pivotal member, I).

The shoe may be secured to the post by piv- ASSIGNOR TO FRANK ots,hinges, or any form of fastening that socures a fixed fulcrum on or nearthe end of the post, on which the shoe can turn, and the link may beattached to the shoe at any point such that the changing of the positionof the shoe from parallel with to perpendicular to the button shallcarry the line of tension from one to the other side of the fulcrum. Thepost may also be slotted on both sides or made of parallel oblongpillars, with the shoe mounted at both ends on trunnionsin cheeks, so itwill turn two ways and be held on either side of the post at rightangles to the button.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-- 1. A sleeve or other button with a shoe fastened to and turning onthe end of a hollow post, a. spring-actuated link attached to said shoerunning through said post and the bottom plate of the button to a springlocated in said button, the post being rigidly attached to the bottomplate and slotted its whole length, with the link so attached to shoe atone side of the fulcrum of same on the post that the tension of thespring is made to keep the shoe in its respective positions,substantially as herein described.

2. The combination, with a button-head having a perforated plate, A, anda post, 13, secured thereto and provided with a groove, b, and pivots bI), of a spring, D, located in the button-head, alink, E, connected tosaid spring, and a shoe provided with a disk, 0 pivoted, as described,to the post and to the link.

3. The combination, as before set forth, with a button-head having aperforated plate, A, and a post, B,-secured thereto and provided with agroove, 1), and pivots b b, located as described, of a spring, D,located in the button-head, a link, E, connected to said spring, and ashoe composed of a shell, 0, a disk, 0 and a disk, 0, and pivoted, asdescribed, to the post and to the link.

SAML. MOORE.

Witnesses:

S. S. LAPHAM, A. H. HARTWELL.

